Indians Table
of Contents
Klamath River Indian Tribes consist of the Yurok, Hoopa, Karuk and Klamath
Tribes. Here we try to
consolidate the tribal tours, news, lawsuits, casinos, negotiations, and
articles for our readers.

5/7/15***18
minute VIDEO
- Tribal law expert Elaine Willman on
water compact: Federal Agencies Have Gone Rogue
Here for her biography Of Cherokee descent,
she traveled to many reservations then wrote a
book about tribalism, The Dismantling of the
United States of America. She has been
involved in many bills and Supreme Court
decisions that have proved many water compacts
and agreements to be illegal. "...the priority
is to grab illegally off reservation in stream
flows and control all the waters...using the
hoax of aboriginal rights and time immemorial
grabbing off-reservation waters, and they will
be the primary purpose of the compact. ...uping
the in stream flows, reducing the irrigation
waters and playing holy hell with stock water
for cattlemen. That's the theme. ..It breaks my
heart that legislators would legitimize what is
not legitimate, and that is aboriginal rights
and time immemorial. "1981 - Montana vs U.S.
Supreme Court ruling, ruled that a tribal
government may not govern a non tribal person or
a nontribal parcel..."

(Klamath) Tribes look at forest land
transfer. Returning tribal land could
help move water pact forward, H&N,
posted to KBC 5/7/15.So what's the deal according
to the Tribes?,
by KBC editor 12/15/03. KBC Note: in
2003 the Klamath Tribes, KWUA/Klamath
Water Users Association, KBRT/Klamath
Basin Rangeland Trust, and Department of
Interior were negotiating a land for
water deal with the Klamath Tribes who
wanted the Winema Fremont National
Forest. Dan Keppen was former KWUA director
during the 2003 negotiations. He is
presently Family Farm Alliance Executive
Director and works for KWUA.
Chrysten Lambert,
Appointee for Federal Representative,
Klamath River Compact Commission, isthe Klamath Basin Rangeland
Trustís (KBRT) Director of Water
Transactions, and was former Executive
Director from 2001-2003.. Lambert
was Director of Procurement and Planning
from 2007 to 2010 and the Global
Sourcing Manager for the Sabroso
Company. She served as a
Geomorphologist with the Pacific
Groundwater Group.Department of the Interior is still
involved and supportive of the
controversial
KBRA
/
Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement.
Interior fired Dr. Paul
Houser,
hydrometeorologist, and expert scientist
on "Scientific Integrity." He was the
highest level scientist in the Bureau of
Reclamation, and the only scientist in
the D.C. office.
Houser was
fired for exposing the Secretary of
Interior's "intentional falsification,"
"bias," and "predetermined
intention" to destroy the Klamath dams.
What stopped the closed-door negotiation
deal of land return to the tribes in
2003? Thousands of local citizens sent
letters and petitions to their reps
opposing giving the Klamath Tribes land
they previously sold. Their elected
officials listened.
Go to
Negotiations Page and scroll down to
read dozens of letters and articles
regarding the former attempt to convince
the community and reps that trading land
for claimed water was a bad deal.
Constitution of the Klamath Tribes
FOREST TOUR HOSTED BY THE KLAMATH TRIBES
This is a complete transcript taken from
videotape. This day-long tour was
conducted October 17, 2003 for the
purpose of showing to local farmers,
ranchers, businessmen, and the Klamath
County Commissioners, tribal biology and
the proposed forest land acquisition.
Klamath Tribe documentof
intensions - putting land into
tax-exempt trust, ...intends
to "buy back private lands....and secure
funding for purchasing retired water
rights, conservation easements...assert
tribes senior water rights...expand
gaming...exchange for federal lands..."
as presented in the early closed-door
planning meetings of the KBRA.